Tuscany House is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1986. House.
Tuscany House
- WRENN ID
- winter-casement-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Tuscany House, Stanford with Orleton
- OS grid reference
- SO 703 658
- Coordinates
- 52.29017, -2.43603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tuscany House is a mid-18th century building that was once divided into three dwellings and has undergone alterations in the mid-19th century, with restoration work completed in the late 20th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble and brick, featuring a plain tiled roof with a parapet at the east gable end and a hipped west end, which includes a tall stack, as well as a large stack on the rear north roof pitch. The house has a rectangular three-bay plan and stands two storeys high with an attic that includes dormers. There is a two-course band between the main storeys at the east end, and the fenestration is irregular.
On the south entrance elevation, the ground floor has a three-light casement and a blocked opening with a cambered head. The first floor features two two-light casements, along with two gabled dormers that also have two-light casements. The entrance, located to the left of centre, is accessed through a lean-to porch with a slate roof supported by a timber post, leading to a half-glazed door with a cambered head. To the right, there is a lean-to with a catslide roof that has two doors at the front and a three-light casement in the angle with the main part of the building. Additionally, there is another lean-to with a catslide roof at the west end, which includes a door with a cambered head on its south front elevation. An attic light is present at the east gable end. It is noted that the building was used as a school house until the mid-19th century, and restoration work was ongoing at the time of the survey in April 1985.
Local climate
Tuscany House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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